Newburyport Public Library

The productivity project, accomplishing more by managing your time, attention, and energy better, Chris Bailey

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The productivity project

bibliography

910979595

Chris Bailey

accomplishing more by managing your time, attention, and energy better

"Chris Bailey has been fascinated with the subject of productivity since he was a teenager. While pursuing his business degree in college, he researched every paper and read every book available on the topic. After graduation, he embarked on a year long productivity project, interviewing many of the world's foremost gurus in the field, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen, while conducting a series of productivity experiements on himself, from getting by on little sleep, to waking up at 5:30 every morning for a month, from avoiding caffeine and sugar to working 90 hours a week, and monitoring the impact of each experiment on his productivity. He created a blog at the beginning of the project, with exactly zero followers. But as people heard about his project, and read his blog, his traffic grew exponentially, so that by the end of the year he had over 250,000 unique visitors a month. This book and the lessons and insights Chris discovered is the result of that year long journey. Among the many counterintuitive insights Chris writes about in the book are removing or shrinking the unimportant; the rule of three; striving for imperfection; scheduling less time for important tasks; the 20 second rule to distract yourself from distractions, and the concept of productive procrastination. He offers over 30 best practices that will help every one of us to accomplish more"--, Provided by publisher

A new definition of productivity -- Part one: Laying the groundwork. Where to start ; Not all tasks are created equal ; Three daily tasks ; Ready for prime time -- Part two: Wasting time. Cozying up to ugly tasks ; Meet yourself... from the future ; Why the Internet ls killing your productivity -- Part three: The end of time management. The time economy ; Working less ; Energy enlightenment ; Cleaning house -- Part four: The zen of productivity. The zen of productivity ; Shrinking the unimportant ; Removing the unimportant -- Part five: Quiet your mind. Emptying your brain ; Rising up ; Making room -- Part six: The attention muscle. Becoming more deliberate ; Attention hijackers ; The art of doing one thing ; The meditation chapter -- Part seven: Taking productivity to the next level. Refueling ; Drinking for energy ; The exercise pill ; Sleeping your way to productivity -- Part eight: The final step. The final step -- Afterword: One year later